Reverse-engineering research on the brain is the beginning of a real move toward autonomous intelligence for artificial intelligence, but it is still not possible. If it were possible to simulate the human brain, it would be possible for humans to transfer their consciousness to electronic crystals, allowing them to reach the goal of conscious immortality.
The brain is very complex, so far human has been someone for the human body micro-level research to obtain the Nobel Prize and other international awards, the brain cellular level of the structure of the basic understanding, that is, by the endocrine function of neurons and simple neuron composition, but more peripheral level, such as the cell surface of the protein structure and so on is not very clear, but also just a preliminary analysis.
The human brain's storage and vigilance chip is different, the chip's storage function relies on the formation of magnetic compliance of microscopic particles, the brain's memory formation is by the activity of microscopic substances, relying on the formation of synaptic connections between neurons. Storage is different, the extraction of information is different, and the brain hundreds of billions of neurons and millions of billions of neural synapses, is not human can simulate, theoretically if it can be done, then human beings may be able to create an electronic chip with self-consciousness, however, the volume of the modern chip and human understanding of the brain can not be done to do this, only can be achieved to the extent of the control of mechanical equipment relying on the activities of the head, and this is mainly realized by using electronic devices such as leveling devices.
Based on the changes in brain waves, can also be realized to control the equipment, or further, so that the mouse brain "see" objects or phenomena that do not really exist, this idea has been in the experimental verification, the implantation of electronic chips in the brain, but also to assist in solving the limb disability, etc., and can not rely on the electronic chip to write information to the brain. Electronic chips to write information to the brain, including Musk is ready to engage in human-machine interconnection are so. So the reverse engineering research on the brain is the first 50 years of the 21st century neuroscience research is a key point, if it can be realized will achieve a deeper understanding of the human brain structure and consciousness structure, to help solve a lot of now no way to treat the brain disease, but also may be in the human body organ failure after a longer period of preservation of human consciousness, so that doctors come up with ways to solve the disease in order to save the human life. However, the complexity of the brain is such that even modern humans understand only a small part of it, and it is impossible to simulate the brain through crystal chips, so it is difficult to determine exactly what would happen to humans if mechanical devices were realized to simulate the human brain.
The brain has a lot of potential, and that potential doesn't mean that the brain is capable of more than it's built for, but rather that the complexity of the brain's structure and the complexity of its consciousness can be used to design and build more sophisticated/autonomous mechanical devices, and to reduce human labor costs even more in order to focus on more complex research.